You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
CASEY STENGELThe trick is growing up without growing old.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
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